CO129-574-15 Veterinary surgeons in Hong Kong- request for legislation 7-11-1938 - 3-2-1939 — Page 3

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practise raturmmary surgerly, (часть unless he interstated,

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22.12.38

In view of Mr. Thompson's Minute

above, I think that the Hong Kong Veterinary

Association is asking too much. What it is

seeking is, in fact, the introduction of

legislation making it an offence for anyone

who is not on the register of the Royal College

of Veterinary Surgeons to practice as a

veterinary surgeon.

This is clearly going very far

indeed, and as no such legislation exists in

any other Colony, there could hardly be any

justification for its introduction in Hong

Kong.

? Subject to legal obsons. reply

that legislation such as that requested by

the Hong Kong Veterinary Association would have

no parallel in any other Colony, and that consequently the S. of S. could not countenance

its introduction in Hong Kong. Say that the

S. of S. would see no objection, however, to

the